diff --git a/sound/soc/stm/stm32_spdifrx.c b/sound/soc/stm/stm32_spdifrx.c
index d399c906bb92..e66382680e09 100644
--- a/sound/soc/stm/stm32_spdifrx.c
+++ b/sound/soc/stm/stm32_spdifrx.c
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ static int stm32_spdifrx_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct stm32_spdifrx_data *spdifrx = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
-	if (spdifrx->ctrl_chan)
+	if (!IS_ERR(spdifrx->ctrl_chan))
 		dma_release_channel(spdifrx->ctrl_chan);
 
 	if (spdifrx->dmab)